Once, I wanted to be a good person

It might be because of her extraordinary talent, or perhaps because nobles are indeed favored by the World Origin.

In any case, as soon as she came into contact, Bai Zhi felt an inexplicable connection with the World Origin.

At that moment, she dared not delay. She quickly calmed her mind, burning the Power of Faith that Fang Ze had injected into her body and offering it as a sacrifice to the World Origin, attempting to begin the Spirit Ascension!

When the World Origin accepted Bai Zhi's sacrifice, Bai Zhi felt a tremor throughout her body. In a daze, she seemed to perceive a massive black hole in the Nine Heavens, frantically absorbing all the energy from her body!

She hurriedly followed Fang Ze's path of Faith Ascension, cutting off the World Origin's absorption of other energies, sacrificing only the Power of Faith.

Initially, Bai Zhi only felt that the absorption force of the World Origin was very strong, but the moment she chose to sacrifice only the Power of Faith, she realized just how terrifyingly powerful that absorption force was!

In an instant, Bai Zhi felt her whole being seemed to be drained. Even though Fang Ze had injected a lot of Power of Faith into her body, at that moment, it seemed nearly insufficient!

Fortunately, at this time, Fang Ze, who was supporting her from behind, noticed the situation. He injected more and more Power of Faith, faster and faster, which barely maintained a balance of the Power of Faith within Bai Zhi.

Just like that, it extracted for a full five minutes.

At first, Bai Zhi was still focusing on the process of sacrificing energy, but gradually, she became somewhat numb.

Her only thought was: Isn't this requiring too much Power of Faith....?

Unlike Fang Ze, who came from an unconventional noble background, Bai Zhi, as the legitimate daughter of the Bai Family, had seen many Heavenly Treasures and Earthly Marvels since childhood.

She had seen Power of Faith as well.

When she was in her teens, Old Mr. Bai once took her to the Bai Family's vault of stored Power of Faith: It was a chamber made entirely of special materials, with a statue of Old Mr. Bai inside.

That statue was entirely sculpted from metal, appearing like a treasure blade that could slash through everything, its sharpness not to be underestimated!

And around that statue, the space seemed to overlap, with an aura slowly leaking and winding onto the statue in the void.

Consolidated by the statue, those auras slowly condensed into strands of white mist, floating within the room.

When Bai Zhi entered that chamber, the entire chamber was already filled with white mist.

Just being in that white mist, Bai Zhi could feel a significant enhancement in her mental acuity, the activity of her body's muscles and tendons, and her perception of the Power of Laws.

At that time, Old Mr. Bai proudly boasted to her: This was a precious thing earned through Bai Family's efforts in governing the affiliated city for decades, gaining the people's admiration, and it had various miraculous effects.

But now, comparing that room of Power of Faith to the Power of Faith that had just been extracted from her, Bai Zhi felt that the room's Power of Faith wouldn't last even a minute.

Besides evaluating Fang Ze's "expenses" for her in terms of the Power of Faith accumulated over decades by the Bai Family, Bai Zhi also roughly estimated using her Martial Arts Cultivation.

She figured that even with her Martial Arts Cultivation, having opened 108 law apertures and possessing a strong physical constitution, her body would only last about half a minute....

'So..... how much Power of Faith has Fang Ze actually prepared for me?'

Thinking this, Bai Zhi couldn't help but feel a bit surprised and moved.

Moreover, beside the surprise and emotion, Bai Zhi understood why Fang Ze believed that the path of Physical Spirit Ascension was the true divine path.

Bai Zhi had seen other Awakeners at the Fusion stage ascend to the Spirit Ascension stage. But she had never seen an Awakener need so much energy to ascend!

Those Awakeners would burn their body as 'fuel' after the World Origin finished extracting the resources to be sacrificed.

The energy and resources consumed on their ascension path were less than one-tenth compared to this ascension path.

So, this indicated that other ascension paths were likely incomplete.

Plus, Bai Zhi remembered what Fang Ze told her yesterday: Using this method to ascend would make her much stronger than other Awakeners of the same level, even at the Spirit Ascension, Yang Transformation, or Mortality-Shedding stages!

Doesn't this precisely indicate that this path is possibly the correct one?

Thinking this, Bai Zhi couldn't help but feel touched and grateful.

A special and powerful ascension path like [Physical Spirit Ascension] could be considered a family's foundational secret. Even within the same family, it would not be easily passed on, most likely only to the legitimate lineage or monstrously talented individuals.

Yet Fang Ze entrusted it to her without any reservation. He even prepared all the resources necessary for her ascension.

This kind of trust truly treated her like family, the most intimate person.

'Grandfather, you were indeed right about him.'

While Bai Zhi was feeling moved, the absorption force from the World Origin gradually began to weaken.

Bai Zhi keenly noticed this change and quickly composed herself, focusing on this transition.

Sure enough, after just three or four seconds, the absorption force from the World Origin transformed from an ocean to a babbling brook, eventually coming to a gentle halt.